THE MEN ARE NAMED. THE VENEZUELA COMMISSION DECIDED UPON. Jnde* Brewer It Chairman of the Same— The Others nr® Richard L. OIney, Au* drew D. White, Frederick K. Coadert and Daniel G. Gilman—Political Com plexion of the afcen Named. Washington, Jan. 3. — President Cleveland has announced the appoint ment of the Venezuelan boundary commission, as follows: David J. Brewer of Kansas, justice . United States Supreme court. Richard II. Alvcy of Maryland, chief justice of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. Andrew D. White of New York. Frederick R. Condert ,of New York. Daniel C. Oilman of Maryland. The commission is regarded here as a very satisfactory one, whoso opin ions and conclusions will be received :> . by the American public with that con fidence which the standing of the members of the commission in the public eye inspires. Justice Brewer is a Republican in politics, and about fifty-eight years of ;-y_" age. He is a graduate of Yale, and has spent considerable time in the practice of his profession in Kansas, where he filled a number of judicial offices. In 1884 he was appointed Circuit court judge of the United ^ States for the Eighth district and was appointed associate justice of the Su preme court in December, 1889, by President Harrison. Richard H. Alvey is a Democrat in politics and a man of marked legal ability. It was the great reputation he gained as judge in the Maryland courts which led President Cleveland in the absence of political influence on Judge Alvey’s part, to appoint him to the position of chief justice of the Court of Appeals of this district. He is about sixty years of age. Andrew IX White is a Republican in politics. He is one of the best known men of letters in this country, and perhaps iu the world; is an author and historian and has been the president of Cornell university. Mr. White was appointed minister to Russia by Presi dent Harrison and this position he held through Harrison’s administra tion and for a year or more during Mr. Cleveland’s administration. Frederick R. Coudert is a Democrat in politics and is one of the best known members of the bar in New York. Mr. Coudert was.one of the counsel for the United States on the Behring sea com mission, and in that capacity made one of the most eloquent and effective speeches delivered in behalf of the American contentions. The last named member of the com mission, Daniel C. Gilman, president of Johns Hopkins university, is well known as an authority in internation al law. He was at one time president of the University of California, and was later called to take up the work of the organization of the university of which he is now at the head. He is the author of a life of President Mon roe. Mr. Gilman has never figured prominently in politics. At the White " house it is stated that be has no poli tics. but his proclivities are under stood to be Republican The two great parties, it will be seen, are equally represented on the commis sion, with the fifth member having no outspoken politics. All of tlic above named persons will accept the places to which they have been appointed and are expected to assemble in Washington as soon as practicable, with a view to taking the oat i and entering upon their work. The appointments are made in com pliance with a resolution of Congress passed at the request of President Cleveland, and the work of the com missioners will ba to examine and collect evidence with a view to deter mining the true divisional line be tween Venezuela and British Guiana. The conclusion reached by the com mission will be reported to the Presi dent for his information in connection with any further representations and communications that may be made by this government to Great Britain in connection with the boundary line dis pute between the latter country and Veuezuelr_ PAINTER BL.A1K-S BAD END. Formerly Famous and Wealthy, He Died In a Home for Incurables. Chicago, Jan. 3.—John B. Blair, born in 18u0, and once famous and wealthy, died yesterday at the home for incurables. Blair was a famous painter a half century ago. His skill is attested by the fact that bis portrait of President Taylor is in the White house gallery. lie was one of the first painters of war panoramas and the first to paint any great panorama in this country. His first was a picture of birds of all the world, and to accomplish this work he circled the globe twice. He was the inventor of the silk bag gas bal loon, such as aeronauts of to-day cm - ploy, and fifty years ago invented a bicycle on the same lines as the present •• safety. He added half a million of wealth to a well known pencil manu facturer by inventing the rubber tips for pencils. He painted landscapes of foreign countries and pictures of sheep in almost endless numbers, and his auction »sales of these were annual events in art circles ajquarter of a cen tury ago. _ Five years ago he was stricken with paralysis and three years later became blind and also lost the strength of his mind. He was then ' placed in the home for incurables. Atcnison to Moke Car Couplers. Atchison, Kan., Jan. 3.—L. T. Backus, C. T. Backus, C. W. Weller, R. K. Herd and R. A. Park, have in corporated the “Columbia Car Coupler Company” for a term of fifty years. Capital stock, #150,000; general offices, Atchison. That Zinc Smelter Deal. Sf.oai.ia, Mo., Jan. 3.—Robert IT. Lanyon, who returned from Chicago yesterday, says the syndicate plans for the purchase of all the zinc smel ters in this section have not been con summated, but that his ten furnace smelter at this place and those of the Lanyon Foundry at Pittsburg, Kan., have been sold to the syndicate. He will give possession in about forty days. It io presumed that the n.’.w owners will continue the works here, as they have ordered suspended fur naces to be repaired for immediate use. ENGLAND THE BULLY. Significant Remark* Made Recently by Venezuela Com raia*loner Coudert. Washington, Jim. 3.—Frederick R. Coudert is the only one of the commis sioners, who, in advance of his ap pointment, expressed an* opinion on the boundary controversy. Mr. Con dert, while the country rang with the Venezuela message, took occasion to express his views of England. Now that lie is a commissioner they become significant and are presented as he gave them some days ago: “England has been the bully of the world. Her policy has been one of aggression. She holds Gibraltar and by that means has Spain by the throat. When France was tied up with Ger many, England seized Egypt, as she had practically seized Cyprus. In the event of trouble between this country and England. France would sweep into Egypt and Russia would march upon Constantinople. England, of course, is responsible for the Armenian masa cres. England will not permit Russia to seize Constantinople and wipe the unspeakable Turk off the face of the earth, therefore thousands of Chris tians must suffer death. John Bull has no friends and Uncle Sam has. no enemies. If there should be trouble between America and England the sympathy of all Europe would be with us and the hand of every European nation would be raised against Eng land. The English government ap preciates its friendliness and helpless ness. Because of that fact there will be no war. If war should come, the map of Europe would be recast and perhaps the map of Asia, too.” A JUDGE KILLS A FOOTPAD Justice Blume nf Chicago Houta Two Attacking Thieves* Chicago, Jan. 3.—Justice Jarvis Blume of the West Chicago Avenue police station was passing underneath the Alley “L” structure at Thirteenth street at 1:30 o'clock this morning on his way home in company with his j daughter May, when two masked men j attacked the magistrate. One of them : threw his arms about Mr. Blume's j neck and tried to strangle him; the j other made an attempt to find his ! pocketbook. I Makings feint to assist the robbers, j Blume drew his revolver and fired, j One man uttered a cry of pain and fell | with blood streaming from a wound in his abdomen. Before the police ar rived the man was dead. When the. man fell Justice Blume turned his revolver upon the other, who was making haste to escape. None of the bullets took effect. After the shooting Justice Blume and his daughter went to the Harrison I street police station and told what had occurred. The patrol wagon was sent out at once and the man found dead. The body was taken to the morgue. Among the papers in his pocket was a vaccination certificate made out to John Kelly. FREE COINAGE. Sliver lien Are Preparing a Measure to Supersede the Bond Bill* Washington, Jan. 3. — The Senate bill finance committ adjourned at 12:30 until to-morrow. No action was taken and no vote was had. The bond bill was discussed, but the tariff bill was not taken up. Senators White and Wolcott were not present. Senator Vest was not present so the silver men and anti-silver men were a tie. It is uuderstood that the inten tion of the silver men is to report either a free coinage substitute or amendment to the bond bill, probably an amendment. After the regular meeting of the committee the Repub lican members held a conference in the committee room and the Demo crats conferred in the district commit tee room. Senator Jones, .Populist, of Nevada, went with the Democrats at the conference. The silver men have nnanimously decided to insist upon an amendment in the nature of an entire substitute providing for free coinage of silver and the elimination of all authority for the issuance of bonds. Senator Jones of Arkansas was delegated to prepare a message in accordance with these views to be sub mitted to a full meeting of the com mittee as soon as it cun be completed. SIX LIVES LOST IN A FIRE. The Home nf a Wealthy Ohioan Burned— Five Narrowly Escape. Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 3.—At i o’clock this morning the home of John 11. Hibbard was discovered to be on fire.* Mr. and Mrs. Hibbard, their son, Allen, aged 3, and baby, Dorothy, Miss Fay Hibbard and Mrs. Grace Hibbard Dee, sisters, of Barnesville, Ohio, per ished by suffocation although tlioir bodies were more or less burned. Mr. Hibbard was secretary of the Central Ohio Natural Gas and Fuel Company and was related by marriage with the Deshlers, Huntingtons and other of the wealthiest families of Columbus. Four sous, less thaa 18 years of age, and the colored servant narrowly escaped by jumping from second-story windows. A Resubmlsslon Newspaper. Topeka, Kan., Jan. ' 3.—Simon Greenspan, who married the widow of Allen It. Sells, the wealthy ex-circus man, is seeking to establish a resub mission daily paper in Topeka. The movement has not assumed definite form yet, and will not be carried into effect unless the National Liquor Association will subscribe hberaiiy. Greenspan is a pronounced opponent of prohibition, and thinks the oppor tunity is now ripe to begin a resub mission campaign. | Colorado Produces More Cold Than Silver, |. Denver, Colo., Jan. 3.—For the first t time in the history of the State the ; gold output for the year just closed exceeded in value that of silver. The most carefnl computation of the min eral cut.put for the year from the sta tistics attained shows the following: Gold, $17,340,495; silver, 114,259,049; lead. $2,953,1 14; copper, $877,492; total, $35,432,150. For 1394 the output was: Gold, $11,235,500; silver, $14,721,730 lead, $3,208,013; copper, $707,420; total, $29,993,290. The increase in the pole1 production is almost wholly from the j Cripple Creek district THE HORSELESS VEHICLE General Mile* Considering It* Utility la Army Use—Would Be a Great Soring. Washington, Jan. 1.—Gen. Miles ia now making a study of the horseless vehicle, with a view to determining its utility in army use. The idea is to uso it for the army trains. At each of its forty-one military posts our army employs two or more wag ons, prescribed by tlio Quartermaster General. The larger, the six-mule wagon, is for transporting army sup plies to and from railroad stations on the frontier posts. The other, known as the escort wagon, is pulled by two or four mules, it is used in the more thickly settled regions, for the same purpose, as well as for official errands Those wagons have been used in the army since the war, with but little alteration. The horseless vehicle, if feasible, would be a big improvement over them. Besides, it would be a great saving. Our small army of £.1,000 men em ploys 0,500 horses and mules for uses of the cavalry and artillery and for general drafting purposes. The aver age cost of these for the last fiscal year, for instance, ranged from $95 to $168 each, the cavalry horses costing the least, even less than the Govern ment mules, and draft horses the most. Thus the array makes a great outlay each year, not only for purchasing horses, but for keeping them well fea and groomed._ COPPING ER’S PROMOTION. His Nomination to Bo a Brigadier' Still Held lip. Washington, Jan. 1.—The nomina tion of Colonel Coppinger to be briga dier general of the army is still held up in the Senate. There is a hard fight being made against his nomina tion. This fight is being conducted by the A. P. A. The most serious ob jection to the distinguished soldier is that he is a Cathcfeu in religion and when a young man served in the Pope’s zouaves. Coppinger came to this country in I860, entered the Union army, served with distinction throughout the civil war, has been wounded several times, and received a commission in the reg ular service and in the natural order of things reached the command of his regiment and was nominated by the President to the grade of brigadier general. Colonel Coppinger's wife was the eldest daughter of the late James O. Blaine, and it is said that one of the reasons for the serious break between the Blaine and Harrison families was the refusal of President Harrison to promote Coppinger to brigadier gen eralship when requested to do so by Mrs. Blaine. Last summer, when a vacancy occurred in the grade of brigadier general, Piesident Cleveland promoted Coppinger. A Modern William Tell. Hot Springs, Ark., Jan. 1.—"Ari zona Charley,” whoenjoys the distinc tion of having conducted a week of bull fighting at Cripple Creek, Col., in spite of the opposition of the local authorities and the governor, was acci dentally shot and painfully wounded last evening. He had too much con-’ fidence in the marksmanship of a friend, whom he requested to shoot a snow ball from the top of his head. The friend’s nerve was bad and Charley received a painful wound in the forehead. Small Operator* blear it. Carthage, Mo. , Jan. 1.— Consider able interest is manifested here as to the probable outcome of the great zinc combine. As its workings can yet only be guessed, those interested do not feel at liberty to express them selves. The impression among many miners and operators is that the re sult will be simply to choke out of existence all small enterprises and to prevent any further efforts toward the building of any additional smelting works in this section. LIVE STOCK ANU I'UUDUuK MARKETS Quotation* from New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Omaha and Llsewhere. OMAHA. Butter—Creamery separator.. Butter—Fair to good country. i Kgs—Fresh. Chickens—Dressed, per ft. Ducks—Per lb. Turkeys—Per ft. Pruti'iechickens— Perdoz.5 GO Geese —Per 1b. 7 Lemons—Choice Mess Inns.4 25 oranges—Per box .4 00 Apples—Per bbl.2 7S Sweet potatoes -Good, per bbl 2 00 2 1 Potatoes—Per bu . 35 Beans—Navy, band-picked.bu 1 85 Cranberries—cape Cod, pr.bbl 9 00 llay—Upland, per ton. 8 50 © f Onions—Per bu...,. 25 © Broom Corn—Green, per 1b. 2 © Hors—Mixed packing. 3 35 tit 3 Hogs—heavy Weights. 3 40 © ii Beeves—Stockers and feeders. 2 75 @3 Beef Steers ;.. 3 00 © 4 Bulls. 2 00 @ 2 st ags.1 75 @ 2 Calves. 2 00 @5 Oxen. 2 90 "<.3 Cotvs . 1 80 © 2 Heifers. 1 75 © 3 Westerns. 2 15 © 3 iheep—Lambs. 3 75 @4 Sheep—Mixed natives. 2 50 © 2 CHICAGO. Wheat—No. 2, spring. 56&© Corn—Por bu... 25 © Oats—Per bu. 17 © Pork. 7 87H© 8 Lurd. 5 32 © 5 • attic-Common to ex beeves. 3 5 M lloes—Averages. . 3 80 ©3 Sheep—Lambs. 3 60 ©4 Sheep—Westerns. 2 00 © 3 NEW YORK. Wheat—No. 7, red winter. 60 © orn No. 2. 34 © Oats—No. 2. 23 © l ork—... 7 85 © 9 Lard—... G 60 © 6 8T. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 red, cash. rs © Corn—Per bu. 23 © Oats—Per bu. 16 © Hogs—Mixed packing. 3 30 © 3 Cattle—Native besves.3 25 ©4 Sheep—Natives . 2 2> © 3 Lambs—.. 375 ©4 KANSAS CITY. Wheat—No. 2 hard. . 5754© Corn—No. 2. 22 © Oats—No. 2. 18 © Cattl —Stockersand feeders.. 2 40 @3 Hogs- Mixed Packers. 3 35 © 3 Sheep-Lambs. 3 Op ©4 Dented From Washington. Washington, Jao. 1.—The report that Iowa Indians hare leased 15,000 acres of land from the Kaw tribe, in tending to lire off the rental of their allotted lands to whites, is disputed by Indian officials. All leases made by or with Indians require the ap proval of the Indian bureau, and In dians cannot abandon their allotments and more onto reservation lands only by authority of an act of Congress. This action has nerer been allowed and the Indian bureau will not author ize it cow. HAPPY NEWSBOYS. INCREASED. PAPER SALES BY BRADFORD’S BOOM. England'* Street* Echo with th* Lou of Amorloan Manufacturer*—Increase of •0,000,000 la Shipment* of Wonted Coating*—Shoddy and Ran*. Bradford, Dec. 20,1895.—Hush! Si lence! What la that I hear? Not the street urchin, carrying under his arm his usual bundle of evening papers and shouting in every one's ears the final result of the morning or afternoon races; but with a changed chorus he rings forth most sonorously “Bradford Trade With America! Heavy Business Maintained.” What better cry could the newsboy have In his eagerness to sell his bundle of news? None whatever, for nothing touches the “quick” of Bradford's heart . I.abor, Capital, and Protection, . LABOR Eamirig Capacity of, 1090 |9 avu uouars per TH 400 Dollars pgr Ugor*** fj75 so 300 Dollars per ilear3**^ t. 275 25fl 200 Oollm per jjear ITS— I* l IffP Palters p»r Uear ..Increas* fZ jiffon years « 39*. <4 sa w Overage annual flay to Ulage Eamerain manufacturing Industries CAPITOL Earning Capacity of, (8831894 V J Om Per Cent. 8~fonUn «nt nr cut 't 6 TnrtW^«m percent . * Vfatlinj tut percent' » ,i aiwtlwjfwtMrcwt Decrease ' in Nina years 31% * 4 Net Ear nl'ngs of the Capital and Surplus fif National Banks sooner than to know what is her posi tion in regard to her American trade. If prosperous she will respond with a smiling face; if the reverse then you may expect a frown and a scowl. Hav ing glanced through the American con sul’s latest production, it was soon evi dent that we were sailing still in deep waters. However, let us take sound ings and see how matters stand. “Can I yet report any decline?” you ask solemnly. None whatever; for Oc tober returns step forth and claim a third position. The occasions referred to were July and August, when the to tals were £534,301 and £606,880 respec tively while October returns show a no mean total of £517,279. But the reason of the total exports of July and August being so much In excess of those for the past month is to be found in the fact that Immense quantities of raw ma terial were sent out in these months, and, on this, of course, the labor em ployed is infinitesimal as compared with manufactured products. This to a true hearted Yankee, with a feeling of concern for his own domestic factories, cannot be lightly passed over, for in manufactured fabrics October Jumps into the second place and not the,third. Really it is in this depart ment where all the weight of argument comes in, for if one could see as large an increase in the exportation of raw materials, it would speak volumes for your domestic makers; but the result being the opposite—made-up fabrics— instead of raw materials, it must tell powerfully against domestic mills. I say again, that while the principal manufactured exports are below Au gust, yet they are considerably above July figures. Look for a moment at worsted coat ings, stuff goods and woolen goods. In July there were sent to your side goods of these descriptions to the value of f360,110, In August £425,682, and In October £408,540, And 1 make bold to affirm that, If there had been In October live Thursdays aud five , Fridays, as there were In August, Oc tober shipments would have been the biggest ever yet chronicled. Why Is that, you ask? Simply because the principal cargo vessels leave Liverpool at the week’s end and on the two days previous, Thursday and Friday, three fourtha of the declared shipments are made. This I know for a fact Is the prevailing custom among our Anglo American shippers. Worsted coatings—and what an amount of labor Is spent in producing this class of wearing apparel—gives to American makers another hard knock. Last month’s shipments of this class of goods is the largest since the new tariff came into operation. Think of it, £182, 169 worth of goods in four weeks. This means £45,542 worth per week, and £6,747 per 27 working days declared. If orders for this amount had to be given out of 27 domestic factories It would mean just a little In every de partment of manufacture. The ship ments of worsted coatings alone for, each consecutive month are worthy of recapitulation. Let every reader look at them squarely and soberly and study out what they mean. Shipments of worsted coatings under Gorman act, 1895: £ s. d. January .154,513 6 10 February .146,641 2 3 March .145,082 2 4 April ...........116,506 2 6 May .154,998 11. 11, June .115,987 4 11 July .127,110 10 5 August .....160,986 0 1 September .172,484 15 2 October.182,169 1 4 Total ....1,478,478 17 9 Shipments of worsted coatings under McKinley tariff, 1894: £ s. d. January . 17,608 8 4 February .'20,967 8 9 March . 19,667 17 3 April . 14,429 4 7 May .. 14,326 11 1 J une . 16,776 6 11 July . 22,186 12 8 August . 21,809 8 9 September .33,671 0 11 October. 67,187 19 5 Total .238,608 6 S Gigantic increase of foreign ship ments of worsted coatings alone in ten months' time of £1,237,870 lls. Id.! But in the words of the apostle of old I would exclaim: And what shall 1 say more? These have all obtained a good consular report, have passed safely into your markets to clothe the backs and adorn the persons from whom your domestic makers have the right to de mand their first support and patronage. YANKEE. Clothing Trade Troubles, "The past bIx weeks has witnessed the failure of an unusually large number of firms engaged in the cloaking and clothing trado, and Indications point to additional embarrassments before the close of the present month. The col lapses have also extended to a few dry goods Jobbing houses." The foregoing is from the Wool and Cotton Reporter of Nov. 7. It points out clearly the nature of the free trade revival in business and confirms the re ports of increasing trade failures that have already been published. The Wool and Cotton Reporter farther says, that, “the present time is perhaps the most critical one of all the year.” Pos sibly the times will be even more criti cal later in the year, or during 1898. It also stated that “the banks appear to be scrutinizing more closely than ever those who apply to them” for credit. This seems to be a little pecu liar, because we have time and again been assured by the free trade papers of the country that all the weak coor corns had gone to the wall during the free trade panic of 1893 and 1894. Now, it is the solid and sound concerns that must be smashed, and, when the banks are “scrutinizing more closely than ever” the credit of the solid business concerns that escaped the free trade wreck of 1893 and 1894, it shows the nature of a free trade business revival and the effect of a policy of free trade In wool. Bankers have no confidence in either. W*,n Broken, but Onto Cloeed. fFWUQP *H • Betnu Kmiwr. The McKinley tariff law may have not been perfect. No human law Is, and yet there never waB a time during the time it was in operation when the gov ernment had to borrow money to pay its running expenses.—The Repub lican-Record, Carrollton, Mo. Brlfluh Carpets Coming;* The British carpet trade must be im proving. The English sales to this country were 112,300 yards to Septem ber 30,1894, and 523,400 yards this year, an increase of 411,100 yards. And this was with our free wool policy. Tb« Judge'* Musical Instrument. A new typewriter story cornea front' India. It appears that one of the Eng lish judges in India was an expert on the machine, and it occurred to him to use it for the making of judicial notes. The machine was conveyed into court* when a certain novelty was imparted to the proceedings by the elicit of ths ■ keys snd the tinkle of the bell which ' indicated that a line had been com pleted. The prisoner was found guilty and sentenced. Promptly he appealed, on the ground that, instead of listen ing to the evidence, the judge hod whiled away hia time by playing on a - musical instrument. This was a tech nicality as well as a typewriter, and quite a good enough reason for a bad man to get a new trial. Ii tin oUnt sod bssVIt wUI braab op aCaM mMa «rmananythingsis*. HI* always rJluMa, TryU» If you have both tracts and bredd to give to the poor, give them the bread drat. Woman want* dress; man wants ad dress. _ We have not been without Pino's Cure for Consumption for twenty yean.—Lusts Fbrssl, Camp 8t, Harrisburg, Fa, Key 4, The extent oi your trouble is the impor tance which you attach to yourself. Many s man who claims that charity be gins at home lets his wife saw the wood. I M KE**EDY'S MDICALjiscovMy ££53?* «BMm, «4SS., ' |j“3 SSK/ '""My°b?"r„r2™°” sursgKs# s^*SfS."?Ti>3S2Sf •»' **3sl ka4i«t Moi tor Oft. iivUm Habit Core. 30day*. Nopartill t.J. STEPHENS; l-tbsiMi Cored la 10 y till eared. ebsnon.Oltie. FI S O,S liltR B -FOR tsaw ma “e 4 CUKt}> Bent Cuug' . WHERE i__ ;h Syrup. Tastre Good. In time. Sold by iruyglata CONSUMPTION W. N. U., OMAHA—2—1896. When writing to .advertisers, kindly =. | mention this paper.